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MARY KATHERINE SLATON, (1857-1952); married WAID H. BLANCHARD.
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| Although he lost his wife in 1901, Major Slaton lived to see much of the fruits of success in his children. His oldest son, William Martin Slaton, succeeded his father as Superintendent of Schools in Atlanta. His younger son, John Marshall Slaton, became the Governor of Georgia in 1911. Governor Slaton's story of courage in commuting the sentence of an innocent man was written about by John F. Kennedy in his Profiles in Courage (and later was portrayed by Jack Lemmon in the movie "The Murder of Mary Phagan.") His daughter Martha Lee Slaton, an Atlanta French professor, was educated at the Sorbonne, Wellesley College, Columbia University, and Middlebury. She was honored by the French Government in 1935, awarded Palms Academiques, and named "Officier d'Academie." Another daughter married a Justice of the Supreme Court for Georgia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colonel William Franklin Slaton (3/6/1831-11/29/1916) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extraordinary Educator, Civil War Hero, and Father |
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| By the time of his passing at the age of 85 on 11/29/1916, Major Slaton was well-known and loved by those who had known him as one of the best educators of the 19th century. |
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| Children of WILLIAM SLATON and NANCY MARTIN are: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WILLIAM MARTIN SLATON (11/7/1854-3/7/1940) MARY KATHERINE SLATON, (1857-1952); married WAID H. BLANCHARD. |
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| 3. ANNA MAY SLATON, (1861-1927); married ALBERGENCE LAMAR WALDO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. JOHN MARSHALL SLATON, (12/25/1866-1/11/1955); married SARAH FRANCES GRANT; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. MARTHA LEE SLATON, (9/21/1869-7/19/1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. LILLY BELLE SLATON, (d. 9/14/1949); married SAMUEL CARTER ATKINSON, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. LULAH ELLIS SLATON, (1874-11/25/1950); married WILLIAM ALEXANDER FYFE MACGREGOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| William Franklin Slaton and the 37th Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Slaton and Nancy Harris Slaton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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